Grand Opening at The Lacey Next Thursday

• April 24th 2009

by Mark Wellborn

The Lacey, a 26-unit condo development at 2250 11th Street NW (see map here) will be holding its grand opening Thursday, April 30th from 6:30 to 9:30pm. As far as we know, the development is the only condo in DC that pays homage to a restaurant. Not only is it located right next to the famed Florida Avenue Grill, but it is named in honor of the restaurant’s longtime proprietors, Lacey Wilson Sr. and Lacey Wilson Jr.

Designed by DC-based Division1 Architects, who also designed The Drost, a condo development at 2106 10th Street NW, and Lima, a restaurant and lounge at 1401 K Street, the architecture differs from most other developments in the area. The firm took a very contemporary approach, and from the outside, it looks as though boxes were stacked on top of one another to build it. DC Modern Living magazine compared the design to that of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian who used a similar format with his art.

The condos have a flexible sliding glass system that separates the bedroom space from the living space and serves as a substitute for a wall. “We incorporated glass and concrete throughout the development’s four stories, so that there would be a clean design break from the surrounding Federal-style townhouses,” Division1 architect Ali R. Honarkar told UrbanTurf. Twelve of the units at The Lacey, ranging in size from 554 to just over 2,000 square feet, are still on the market, starting in the low $300s. For more information on the development, click here.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/grand_opening_at_the_lacey_next_thursday/838.